Orchids A - Z
Testicle Plant?
Who would suspect at the sight of an orchid that the name translated means testicle plant? It comes from the Greek word "orchis", which means testicles.
This quirky name arises from the testicle-shaped root of the marsh orchids, which represent only one of many genera of the Orchidaceae, but are eponymous for the entire plant family.
Huge variety
There is a variety like no other houseplant. Iridescent colors and wild patterns, beguiling fragrances and ornately shaped flowers, which can only be a few millimeters or almost twenty centimeters in size, make orchids one of the most popular houseplants.
As a result, gardeners have been breeding new varieties since the end of the 19th century (more than 50 new varieties have been created at that time), making the Orchidaceae the largest plant family, with more than 30,000 species.
Bifrenaria harrisoniae 'alba' x Lycaste Spring Scene
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Brassia maculata
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Bulbophyllum bolsteri
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'coerulea' (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya guttata 'tigrina'
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya intermedia 'aquinii'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Cattleya intermedia 'flamea'
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Chlorophytum comosum 12 cm Topf
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne assamica
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne fimbriata
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne graminifolia
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne lentiginosa x monilirachis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Coelogyne ovalis
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium Cobber x Australian Rhubarb Pie
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium crepidatum
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium jenkinsii
- flower season: spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrobium lawesii
- flower season: whole year
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Dendrochilum uncatum
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Epidendrum porpax
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Epidendrum porpax 'alba'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Eria albidotomentosa
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Laelia milleri x lucasiana (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Liparis crenulata
- flower season: autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Lockhartia goyazensis
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia bicolor
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia measuresiana
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia nidifica 'Red'
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia striatella
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia triangularis
- flower season: summer - autumn
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Masdevallia veitcheana x infracta
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Maxillaria acutipetala
- flower season: winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Miltonia Sunset Hybride (1 Rispe)
- flower season: spring - summer
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontoglossum Chayenne (2 Rispen)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontoglossum crocidipterum x naevium (Jgpfl.)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontoglossum Nippon (1 Rispe)
- flower season: autumn winter
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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Odontoglossum Purple Sky (2 Rispen)
- flower season: winter - spring
- temperature: cool - moderate (12 - 18 °C)
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